Municipal Retrenchment.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 3, 11 May 1885, Page 3

Municipal Retrenchment.

[Star.] The meeting of the Ft»il«Hng Borough Council which was held on rhursd.-i} evening last was a most important out*. Jt will be seen thai the jolicy of retrenchment, mndo Urgently neceroary l»y the condition of the Borough finances, bus been inaugurated. The salary of the Town Clerk is to he reduced to £100, the sura tor which tho dudes were undertaken at the inception of the Borough. The commission to be paid to the engineer will lie 2£ per cent, instead of 5 jx-r cent. Tho roadman's wages am reduced from 7s to 6* per diem. l«ut an opportunity is to l»e given him of making up tho deficiency by undertaking the lighting and custody of tho street lamps. The auditors' lees Hie cut down from £10 10s to .£4 4s. Advertising expences are to be incurred only when absolutely necessary, «s in c«.s» of contracts, &c. The expenses of the library are to be reduced, but iv what manner bus yet to he decided. All overdue rates will be sued for immediately, and a. mid iv to bo made against tho owners j of unregistered dogs, It is proposal to acquire a piece of land on which J to erect a pound, which may Ito made v valual.lf source of revenue, and the duties of Inspector of Nuisances are to be undertaken W tho T«»wn Clerk who will be relieved of the responsibility of the Treasurarship which will be assumed by a Councillor.